HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 6, 2009) Rice University senior forward Aleks Perka has been named to the 2009 Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team.
Three of the five members of the all-academic team will be in action Saturday afternoon at Tudor Fieldhouse as Rice plays host to Tulsa. Golden Hurricane senior Sam Mitchell and red-shirt freshman Steven Idlet were also named to the team. Tip-off for the Tulsa/Rice game is 3 p.m.
Rounding out the squad are Houston’s Sean Coleman and Adam Williams of Marshall.
As a senior, Perka’s season statistics more than doubled his previous career scoring and rebounding averages. A sports management major with a 3.09 grade point average, Perka is averaging 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game this season.
Earlier this year, Perka posted a career-high 21 points to go along with 11 rebounds in the Owls’ win over East Carolina. That performance came during a week in which he averaged 18 points and made 73.9 percent of his shots from the field.
Last summer, Perka served as the marketing intern at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston where his duties included gathering information about the visitors to the facility’s horse track and concert venue.
All five student-athletes will be in action with their respective teams at the 2009 Conference USA Men’s Basketball Championship, March 11-14 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.
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